White Night of the Bookstores

PROGRAM FOR SUNDAY, JUNE 7

10.30am
The realms in the drawer, with Marco Paschetta
Location: porticoes of the Civic Library (Maddalena courtyard)

The Bottari Lattes Foundation is offering an illustration workshop inspired by the book Piccolo (Aboca Kids publisher), written by Davide Calì and illustrated by Marco Paschetta. How many times have you opened a drawer and curiously rummaged through it? A drawer at the bottom is nothing more than a "house" in which many different objects live side by side. Each has its own story, and you can imagine telling it through play with imagination and drawing.
Ages 6 and up. Reservations required at bibliotecacivicadialba.eventbrite.com.
Marco Paschetta is an illustrator and cartoonist. He combines his work as an illustrator with teaching at the International School of Comics (Turin) and leads illustration and cartooning workshops for children and young adults.

11:15 a.m.
Cora and the Lost Medallion. Chronicles of Pietralata, by Milena Lazier (Mursia publisher)
LA TORRE BOOKSTORE
Location: Maddalena Courtyard

In the town of Pietralata, everything is ready for the Night of Awakening, and thirteen-year-olds from each school gather to receive their animal spirit guides. But when it's Cora's turn, something in the ceremony goes awry. Pursued by dark forces, Cora discovers she holds a secret that could forever alter the balance between the city and the forest. An adventure amid living maps, unscrupulous mercenaries, and ancient secrets, a fantasy in which friendship, courage, and diversity become the keys to saving the world. For boys and girls ages 7 and up.
Milena Lazier (Canale, 1980) grew up between the sea and the mountains, with a father from the Aosta Valley and a mother from Liguria. That's why she searches for trees that talk and paths that lead to magic in books. She teaches Italian in middle school and loves chocolate cakes, her dog Dante, empty notebooks, and stories of adventure and mystery.